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Instead, the immortal being focuses on the human world during World War II and the life of a young girl. Death does not reveal what happens next, nor does Death hint at whether it is good or bad or the same for everyone. When a person passes, Death sees a unique color in the sky, marking the place he must go to gather their soul and carry it to the afterlife. This time, I had come for a man of perhaps twenty-four years of age. It was the darkest moment before the dawn. Next is a signature black, to show the poles of my versatility, if you like. Death does not understand humans, but death does know what happens to them when they die, as can been seen in: Zusak manages to dive into the head of an eternal being and show the world through that perspective.

This makes Death a first person narrator telling the story of Liesel Meminger.ĭeath’s non-humanness is one of the reasons The Book Thief is so successful. Plus, his opinions of the characters change over time. Throughout the novel, Death tries to figure out why people do, live, think, and die the way they do, so he is not actually all-knowing. In the darkness of my dark-beating heart, I know. He’d have been glad to see her kissing his bomb-hit lips.

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However, Death does not understand fully humans and is a full character, not just a narrator, as can be seen in: On the surface, the novel might appear to be omniscient because Death knows what is happening all over the world and reveals the thoughts and feelings of many characters. The Book Thief is told form the first person perspective of Death. When it comes to choosing a narrator, Zusak knocked it out of the park.

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